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As the capital of Sweden, Stockholm is the cultural center of the country, with an old town and a set of impressive palaces. The city is composed of a series of neighborhoods attractive places to visit. Gamla Stem stand, the old town, where the Royal Palace and the Nobel Museum. Other tourist areas are the districts of Djurgården, where the main museums and Sidereal, the most lively and vibrant area, the numerous pubs, bars and clubs that extend across all the streets. But they are the Drottningholm Palace and the cemetery of Skogskyrkogården required two visits, places that are considered World Heritage by UNESCO.

If we sighted our trip to Stockholm can be very affordable. Airlines such as Air Berlin, Spaniard, and British Airways operate in our country, connecting cities such as Malaga, Gerona, Barcelona and Madrid with flights to Stockholm. If we make the flight reservation with enough time we can get tickets for less than 30 euros, more economical price. So it is with accommodation in Stockholm, if we can reserve a long time to sleep in a hotel room in the center, about 30 or 40 euros, as is the case of hotels and Globenvilla Stockholm Connect Hotel B & B.

No visit to the city that prides itself on not to make a visit to the Van Gogh Museum where visitors can enjoy almost all the work of Vincent van Gogh, one of those artists best known contemporary art world and one of The most significant of the Netherlands along with Rembrandt.

When he died at 37 years old van Gogh had left a legacy of some 900 pictures and over a thousand pictures could not sell, nor had given to friends and family. It was his brother Theo van Gogh, an art dealer, who was left with this legacy which had to add many works by artists such as Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Jean François Millet.

But his early death was not him who promotes the work of his brother along with other paintings acquired, but it was his widow, Johanna van Gogh who returns to the Netherlands and is devoted to exhibit, thus contributing to the dissemination of work of this important painter.

The first major exhibition to take place in 1905 at the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the refusal to accept on loan from the works of Van Gogh. Thus, during the following years either by Johanna Van Gogh’s work and for his son Vincent Willem van Gogh’s paintings and drawings was being provided roaming to museums in Amsterdam.

Finally in 1960 the Foundation was created to Vincent van Gogh that he would be assigned until the entire collection in 1973 opened its doors the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam where they are now publicly available.

The British Museum is one of the many museums are there in this English city, which is notable for being the largest in the UK. Also, it is an establishment that houses collections of antiquities most prestigious worldwide.

This museum was opened in January 1759 and since then only been closed for two extreme situations, nothing more, nothing less than the first and second world war. On the other hand, note that each year the museum receives about 5 million visitors. For this reason, this museum in London is considered one of the most popular worldwide. Besides, it also has the “title” for antiquity, and it is one of the oldest establishments not only in Europe but also worldwide.

The British Museum houses an impressive collection that is truly worth admiring: more than seven million objects from all continents. There are so many elements with which the museum has some of them are stored for lack of space to display them publicly.

Also this place has a huge reading room of the British Library, not to mention the remarkable section of Ancient Egypt with which account. This last area of the museum is one of the most comprehensive and important in this global issue.

No doubt this is a must for those who have the opportunity to travel to London. This is a unique opportunity to learn from history and ancient culture, totally free.

In Aveiro is a beautiful but small museum. Also emphasizes the Nature Reserve of São Jacinto hill giving and interesting also to see and admire the official buildings and private homes beautifully decorated with art nouveau style.

The herd of the museum is free admission for children and people over 65 years, is open daily from 10 am until 5 and a half ago. In this museum we can see the tomb of Princess Joan (later the Santa Joana de Portugal), a work of art in seventeenth-century marble mosaic, which is in the rich rectory is decorated with tiles to create his portrait of the saint also stood from the fifteenth century.

La Reserva Natural das São Jacinto dunes, long stretches over 6 miles on the road and bird watching, and to minimize environmental impacts that may suffer from this visit are limited reserves of natural forests to stay a maximum of 2 hours and a half.

Aveiro train station is a miracle on the outside, rich with beautifully decorated with Portuguese tiles.
Fiestas and celebrations in the herd Tourism

we enjoy rich pastries like moles eggs (ovo mole), sweets made from egg yolks and are very typical in Aveiro.

Since mid-July to August the end of Fair held Aveiro Ria, in honor of former channels and moliceiros (seaweed collectors) with dances and boat races on the river in beautiful colors.

Between late March and early April, during the Fair called to Marco, there is a celebration of popular music and even rock concerts throughout the city.

The town festival is usually held in May to honor its patron saint Santa Joana and as mentioned on his tomb is decorated with beautifully at the Museum of Aveiro. Two weeks of festivals and street dances.

Aveiro tourist office placed in a beautiful Art Nouveau style, along the Central Canal, and a summer outing will offer approximately three hours.